Zoopolitan Skybridge Goons
A downloadable tabletop RPG
A TTRPG of Freerunning and Hubris
You are urban animals.
In the great city of the Zoopolitan Administrative Region, you're supposed to know your place. Obey the law. Work towards a harmonious society.
But not you. You're Skybridge Goons. The few, the young, the reckless. You run apart from the herd, in the high places of the city, in defiance of the law.
Your pride will take you higher and farther than any creature has gone.
It will also be your doom.
- A roleplaying game for 1-4 people, no game master needed! Designed for short-term (1-2 session) play.
- Each player needs 2 six-sided dice and something to write on to play.
- Play furry freerunning fools, performing daredevil stunts and becoming increasingly convinced of your invincibility.
- Random Edges you can earn to upgrade your running, combat skill or self-confidence.
- Rules for how your wild running will end, one way or another.
- An introduction to the Zoopolitan Administrative Region and its diverse districts.
- A hack of the Silver Ennie Award-winning Tunnel Goons by Nate Treme. Featuring tools from Script Change by Beau Sheldon. Inspired by plot ARMOR by Orion Black.
- 20 pages, black-and-white, formatted for A5 (you can print as a booklet!)
This game is still in development; purchases will help fund art commissions and further design and layout.
This game is a companion to Zoopolitan Future Blues.
Game Design | Kai Poh (@tunkaipoh)
Illustrations | Farid Nad | Julius Tan
"...if you want to tell a story about exhilaration and tragedy, about living fast and dying (externally or internally) young, this is the perfect system for it." - kumada1
Purchase
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Development log
- A fix on Page 14!Nov 05, 2021
- v0.4, with art and new rules!Jul 23, 2021
- Cover fix, and thanks to bundle buyers!Aug 01, 2020
- Our furry freerunning game!Jul 14, 2020
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Zoopolitan Skybridge Goons is a freerunning lightweight rpg---sort of Zootopia crossed with Mirror's Edge.
It's 16 pages, with an easy to read layout.
The setting is an interesting mix of solarpunk, cyberpunk, utopian visions, and corporate overreach. Zoopolitan Administrative Region is a city made of multiple planned biomes, built in a wheel around a central hub, and threaded through with sky-bridges. These sky-bridges make freerunning not just possible but an efficient way to cross borders and escape pursuit.
ZSG's tone isn't always serious, and there's beats of absurdist humor in the writing. That said, it also asks you to set an age rating between G and R for your game, so it's very possible to lean in and make it hard-bitten and mean.
ZSG's mechanics are based on Tunnel Goons, and a basic roll is 2d6 + stat + edges vs 10. Characters gain more stat points and edges as they progress, but after a certain amount of progress, your next mission is your Final Run and you die or retire.
This setup gives ZSG a sort of hectic, fast-paced energy, and it's quite possible to take a character from starting out to their Final Run in a single session. Character death before then can't happen, so you always get to the payoff for whatever personal narrative you were building.
Overall, if you want to tell a story about exhilaration and tragedy, about living fast and dying (externally or internally) young, this is the perfect system for it. Honestly, I think ZSG could in turn be hacked to work with any high stakes passtime (drift racing, underground fighting, high stakes gambling,) and it would still be personal and intense.
If you want something short and sweet, character-driven, and easy to learn, I'd strongly recommend giving Zoopolitan Skybridge Goons a shot.
Thank you so much for your comments, kumada1! Your feedback is much appreciated, and I hope you got some fun out of this game.
Would you be okay with me quoting you on the main game page?
Absolutely!